Orlando police release nine Pulse 911 calls

The report said OPD policy and procedures were followed, but the protective plan “was not written with an attack of this magnitude in mind.”

The report said OPD policy and procedures were followed, but the protective plan “was not written with an attack of this magnitude in mind.”

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The report said OPD policy and procedures were followed, but the protective plan “was not written with an attack of this magnitude in mind.”

The report said OPD policy and procedures were followed, but the protective plan “was not written with an attack of this magnitude in mind.”

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The owner of Pulse nightclub, Barbara Poma spoke at a ceremony honoring the 49 people lost in Pulse massacre.

The owner of Pulse nightclub, Barbara Poma spoke at a ceremony honoring the 49 people lost in Pulse massacre.

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Barbara Poma, founder of the onePULSE Foundation and former owner of the Pulse nightclub, reflects on the second anniversary of the Pulse massacre, Monday, June 11, 2018. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Barbara Poma, founder of the onePULSE Foundation and former owner of the Pulse nightclub, reflects on the second anniversary of the Pulse massacre, Monday, June 11, 2018. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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Pulse related events around Orlando are scheduled Monday and Tuesday to honor the victims of the mass shooting on June 12, 2016.

Pulse related events around Orlando are scheduled Monday and Tuesday to honor the victims of the mass shooting on June 12, 2016.

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Two years after a gunman killed 49 people at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, the city has more metal detectors, panic buttons, active-shooter drills, trauma counseling and grief-stricken parents and partners than it did in 2016. But for some, it also has more compassion and progress and purpose.

Two years after a gunman killed 49 people at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, the city has more metal detectors, panic buttons, active-shooter drills, trauma counseling and grief-stricken parents and partners than it did in 2016. But for some, it also has more compassion and progress and purpose.

Orlando police on Thursday released a small fraction of the more than 600 emergency calls from the June 12 tragedy at Pulse nightclub.

The nine calls released come from people on the outside of the club or from frantic family members in other cities.

"The FBI has approved these calls for release, as they do not contain anything that is considered 'active criminal investigative' material," Orlando police said in a statement.

In one 911 call, a father from Tampa called and said his daughter was inside a bathroom with gunshot wounds to the arm and leg.

"I'm trying to find out if she is, you know, OK," the father said.

In another call just before 3 a.m., a man said his sister was hiding with three friends.

The dispatcher told the man officers were "in there right now looking for people," and he needed to get a better idea of where his sister was inside the club so she could be rescued. The man said he only knew she was hiding in the trash.

Media attorney Rachel Fugate, who is representing news organizations, said she was not told in advance that some calls would be released Thursday.

"These are records we've asserted should have been released all along ... but it took more than two months," she said. "They have asserted exemptions to the public records act in a completely blanket and broad fashion. They have never taken a nuanced approach or tried to narrow it down."

The shooting left 49 people dead and more than 50 injured.

The shooter, Omar Mateen, was shot dead by police in a fire fight.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office also released a batch of 911 calls earlier this week.